Affluent and Well-Educated? Analyzing the Socioeconomic Backgrounds of Fallen Palestinian Islamist Militants
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 10278988 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Erik Skare (0000-0003-0822-2874, Centre d'études et de recherches internationales de Sciences Po, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2022 |
| Volume | 76 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 72-92 |
| Publication date | 2022-05-15 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | The Middle East Journal (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0026-3141 • E-ISSN: 1940-3461 |
| Publisher | The Middle East Journal (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.3751/76.1.14 |
| OpenAlex | W4283072802 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 4 |
Existing literature argues that the militants and suicide bombers of the Islamic Resistance Movement (Hamas) and Palestinian Islamic Jihad (PIJ) come from relatively advantaged socioeconomic and educational backgrounds compared to the average Palestinian in the Occupied Palestinian Territories. Analyzing 2,448 martyr biographies from Hamas's military wing and PIJ from 1992 to 2012, I argue that these militants reflect Palestinian labor divisions and educational enrollment rates. There is thus little to suggest that Palestinian Islamist militants are recruited from any particular socioeconomic stratum within the wider popula tion. I demonstrate that, instead, kinship and geographic clusters are more significant variables
Demographic economics · Economics · Geography · Islam · Martyr · Political science · Population · Socioeconomic status · Sociology · Terrorism · Demography · Jewish and Middle Eastern Studies · Law · Middle East Politics and Society · Terrorism, Counterterrorism, and Political Violence
| Citations per year | 1 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2022 - 2024 (3) |
| Highly cited | No |